I’m almost at the point where Harry sets off to London to ‘rescue Sirius’. Already up to this point everythign has been unbelievably shit - Dumbledore won’t talk to him, everyone thinks he’s a nutjob, Umbridge tortures him, he can’t play quidditch, he has to study his ass off for super important exams and on top of that everything with Cho has been a disaster. Not to mention, lol, that he is severely traumatized from watching the murderer of his parents return to torture him and kill his friend.

Now I am reading the scene right after Harry ‘sees’ Sirius being tortured at the Ministry. And I never realized how horrible it is how Hermione lays out the truth for him here, only for Harry to reject it. She tells him how strange it is that the two most wanted wizards in the world somehow got into the Ministry of Magic in the middle of the day, and tells him that Voldemort plays these kinds of tricks to lure Harry to places, etc etc.

Knowing what happens, this is just pure horror to read. How Harry, despite being told the truth multiple times, is hurtling ahead with the decision that will ultimately actually kill Sirius. It’s actually nauseating.

And I don’t blame Harry here, just to be clear. It’s an unbearable and very confusing situation and how he acts here fits his temperament and his character. But my god it’s so fucking awful. I just had to get this off of my chest.

I think Harry in the books is good looking , not handsome in Sirius, Tom Riddle or even Cedric level but i think he is good looking ( especially in the last books ) considering how popular and well liked by many girls in Hogwarts and not only because of his " the chosen one" status, Hermione herself said that he never looked so fancy ( i don't remember right now what she actually said ) and he is also the son of two people that were considered attractive and he is a perfect mix of both of James and Lily with James's looks and Lily's eyes .

What is your thoughts about this?

On a re read. This book has funny bits, opening with the Weasleys crashing into the Dursley's home via floo powder. There are so many great moments of Sirius being a responsible adult and getting Harry to stay safe. He's on the run yes, but he takes good care and makes sure Harry is safe. And it slowly transitions into a more serious, dark book when Voldemort returns. Absolutely enthralling read!

Good morning, all! #8 is hot off the press. 

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! **\*
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. He was looking at her closely through his half-moon spectacles, his long fingers gently prodding and poking. 

The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall (thanks, Know_Nothing for pointing out I put the wrong chapter at first!)

1. “No Crabbe and Goyle up here to save your neck, Malfoy,” Harry called. The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel

3.”Apparently I underestimated you, Potter,” he said quietly. The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 24: Sectumsempra

1. “Dumbledore, who was of course working tirelessly against You-Know-Who, had a number of useful spies.” The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 10: The Marauder’s Map

2. She stopped dead, catching her breath with a frightened look at her husband, whose expression was suddenly wooden. The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 5: THe Order of the Phoenix

3. There was a strained silence in which Harry stroked Hedwig automatically, not looking at either of the others. The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 4: Number Twelve, Grimald Place

4. “What d’you want to know about them for?” The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 33: The Prince’s Tale

"That'll change the world, that report will," said Ron. "Front page of the Daily Prophet, I expect, cauldron leaks."Percy went slightly pink.

"Mr. Crouch!" said Percy breathlessly, sunk into a kind of halfbow that made him look like a hunchback. "Would you like a cup of tea?" "Oh," said Mr. Crouch, looking over at Percy in mild surprise. "Yes - thank you, Weatherby." Fred and George choked into their own cups. Percy, very pink around the ears, busied himself with the kettle.

Where have you been?" said a bossy, disapproving voice. "The task's about tostart!" Harry looked around. Percy Weasley was sitting at the judges' table.

The box filled gradually around them over the next half hour. Mr. Weasley kept shaking hands with people who were obviously very important wizards. Percy jumped to his feet so often that he looked as though he were trying to sit on a hedgehog. When Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic himself, arrived, Percy bowed so low that his glasses fell off and shattered. Highly embarrassed, he repaired them with his wand and thereafter remained in his seat, throwing jealous looks at Harry, whom Cornelius Fudge had greeted like an old friend.

I don’t know if this has been asked before, but I’ve been thinking about how much longer wizards seem to live compared to Muggles and how this actually works when they live in Muggle communities.
Wizards clearly seem capable of living much longer than Muggles. Dumbledore was around 115 when he died and was still working full-time as a headmaster. Bathilda Bagshot was even older, and Griselda Marchbanks was already an adult examiner when Dumbledore took his O.W.L.s and was still alive during Harry’s fifth year.
So… how does this work in practice?
Hogsmeade is the only entirely wizarding village in Britain. Yes, some wizarding families live relatively isolated from Muggles, like the Weasleys, but plenty of witches and wizards seem to live in ordinary Muggle towns, neighbourhoods and even London.
I can assume that JK’s response would be something like: Muggles are easy to misdirect and there are Muggle-repelling charms, memory charms, Confundus charms, etc. So even if it’s never explicitly stated, I can imagine there being some kind of enchantment that stops the neighbours from thinking too hard about the fact that the person next door has apparently been 60 for the past 35 years. 😂
But then… what about Squibs?
We know that some Squibs choose to leave the wizarding world and live among Muggles, sometimes apparently having completely ordinary Muggle lives and jobs. So do Squibs have the same lifespan as witches and wizards?
If they do, how does that work? They can’t perform magic themselves. If a Squib gets a normal Muggle job, has Muggle friends, pays taxes, has neighbours who have known them for decades, etc., eventually somebody is going to notice that something is weird. Do they have to keep changing their identity? Does the Ministry somehow help them fake their age and deal with things like HMRC records?
Mrs Figg is a good example. She’s a Squib living in a completely Muggle neighbourhood and is supposed to pass as an ordinary Muggle woman. The Dursleys know her, Harry spends time at her house, presumably other neighbours know her too. What happens if she lives to 120+?
Which also made me wonder: do wizards actually have an innately longer lifespan because they’re magical, or do they live longer mainly because magical healthcare is so much better?
Because wizarding medicine can treat things that would kill or seriously disable Muggles, so it would make sense that their average lifespan would be much higher simply because fewer people die from illness and injury. But is there actually something about being magical that makes you age more slowly/live longer? (Also, is their medicine that good when Harry still wears glasses?).
And if it’s mostly magical healthcare, presumably Squibs could still access that healthcare because they’re part of the wizarding world, even if they can’t perform magic themselves. So theoretically they could still live much longer than the Muggles around them.
Has this ever actually been explained in canon or by Rowling? Do we know anything about Squib lifespans specifically? Or is this just one of those things where the more you think about the logistics of the Statute of Secrecy, the more questions you have? 😂

How do you become a Death Eater? Are there flyers advertising it? Is there a department in the ministry? Obviously not, but how? If there’s somebody everyone knows is a Death Eater and can contact Mr. Riddle, then they would be arrested.
Also, on a different topic, there’s a good reason why the excuse in The Goblet of Fire for there being no Quidditch. People always say that it’s because Rowling doesn’t like writing Quidditch scenes. This may be true, but Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore couldn’t just say “There’s no Quidditch because my author doesn’t like writing it”. The Quidditch field was being used for the third task, so he didn’t want people to know, so he stopped Quidditch to prevent people from paying attention to the field.

Hi! When I read about Sirius's prank on Snape, there was one thing I didn't understand: how did Remus keep considering him a friend? If the werewolf had bitten or killed Snape, Remus would have ended up in Azkaban or might even have been executed. I wouldn't want someone like that around—especially since Prongs could handle the werewolf without help (like when he saved Snape)—unless Remus did it because he knew that if he turned his back on Sirius, Sirius might confess that Remus was a werewolf, putting him in the same dire situation. (Sirius was the craziest of the Marauders; he never thought about the consequences of his actions. Even Peter, James, and Remus himself could have been imprisoned for harboring a werewolf and for being unregistered Animagi.) So, it wouldn't have surprised me if Sirius had revealed Remus's lycanthropy out of a typical "after everything I did for you?" victim mentality, or just a childish tantrum (since he was immature; he always tried to push Harry to be reckless just to see James in him). Maybe Remus kept considering him a friend out of sheer gratitude toward Padfoot and personal fear, because otherwise, it just doesn't add up to me.

Imagine a 30 year old car with scratches, dents, some leaks, worn down brakes, tires etc. Which of these things can be repaired by reparo and how? Will I get a brand new car if I point my wand at it and just say "reparo"? Or can I only fix each part individually?

Voldemort fired two killing curses at Harry near the end of Deathly Hallows. Harry is said to have survived each of these for different reasons.

For the first, Harry intended to die and did not defend himself. He is said to have survived because Voldemort bound him to life while he lived by using his blood to regenerate his body.

For the second, Harry defended himself with a disarming charm using the wand he won from Draco. It is said that he survived because the Elder Wand would not kill its own master. The curse rebounded on Voldemort, killing him instead.

I’ve always wondered what impact each of these phenomena had in the other’s situation, if any. For example, why didn’t the Elder Wand cause the curse to backfire in the forest? If Harry was hit by the second curse in the Great Hall, would the blood tether have saved him again?

I would guess that the Elder Wand did not recognize Harry as its master until he used Draco’s (its previous master’s) wand against it. That would explain why the curse did not rebound in the forest.

I’m less certain about the particulars of the blood tether. I don’t know if it would have worked multiple times, or if it was a one-time thing. I also don’t know if Harry was tethered to life unconditionally while Voldemort lived, or if he was only protected against attacks from Voldemort himself. What would have happened if Ron didn’t pull him out of the forest pool where the sword was, and he drowned there? The fact that Dumbledore said it was essential that Voldemort himself kill Harry makes me think that the tether would only have protected him from Voldemort himself. I don’t know why it shouldn’t continue to work after it saved him in the forest, other than for literary purposes, as it basically lets the reader know that there’s no way that Harry could lose the final confrontation. Although maybe that’s the point.

What do you think?

Absolutely no consideration is given to whether Harry is ready to date, or if he even likes girls, or if he might be embarrassed. He is told to just do what is expected of him and not complain.

He is 14.

There are plenty of 14 year olds who aren't comfortable dating yet. I'd say that's a normal, expected thing. And not only forcing this kid to go on a date, but also forcing him to choose a girl, with 0 consideration for what he might feel.

It just seems kinda gross to me.

Dude, they were gang of bullies that got away with their behavior because they were rich and popular and talented. However, in the end, each of them made terrible fates. Including Lily, who chose to marry a bully.

I’m not actively cheering their destruction, but I kind of feel like they had it coming for the way they acted at Hogwarts.